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Among the claims apparently made by Mel 's legal team are that he choked her on the night of her Dancing With The Stars finale in November 2007, and that he split her lip while she was filming a segment with Usher for The X Factor in 2012.

Stephen and Mel had a volatile relationship (Image: Getty Images)

When she asked her husband how she was supposed to film with the injury, he allegedly told her that she should have considered that before deciding to "flirt with and f*** Usher."

But when TMZ confronted Stephen to ask him about the allegations, he replied: "Usher's not on X Factor , so how's that possible?"

Other claims said to be listed in the court documents are that he forced her to take part in threesomes and that he had a gun at home – which would be illegal given his previous conviction for domestic violence against another woman.

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Mel has reportedly taken legal action in an attempt to keep her ex away from her (Image: Getty Images)

However, a raid of his home last Friday by officers from Dept. of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms found no firearm there.

Stephen told TMZ: "Because that's the mother of my children , I'm really distraught… about how this will affect our children in the depths that she's gone to. That's it. I'm shocked at those allegations and that's what it is."

"I think someone's setting me up to look like a bad guy. Obviously you saw my house got raided and no-one found anything. It's accusation after accusation. But we'll have our day in court."